I have one of those Musicology promo's, it's a double vinyl in a single album cover. It's not the Musicology cover though, it's an "Urban Division" Records promo sleeve.

Nice thing if that's yer cup of tea.

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I collect the 12" singles so I could tell you all about which one of those would be valuable. I don't know as much about the actual albums. I would assume early ones like "Dirty mind" and "1999" wouldn't be worth as much unless you have "1999 II" from Brazil (I think). Obviously the original Black album fetches nice money and some later releases like "Rainbow children" do well. I also have this, although not really valuable, it is a nice collectible:

[img:$uid]http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u257/djdaffy1227/ParadeUKpictureLP.jpg[/img:$uid]

I know these albums cost me a pretty penny too, Mexican picture discs. There is some debate on if they are official or not, most say they are:

[img:$uid]http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u257/djdaffy1227/lovesymbolMexicopictureLP.jpg[/img:$uid]

[img:$uid]http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u257/djdaffy1227/100_5340.jpg[/img:$uid]

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Astasheiks said:

Something like 1999 or The Black Album on Vinyl...hee hee?

And when did the record companies stop making vinyl albums?

Does anybody know the value of old prince vinyl albums that are stamped " Promo not for Sale" that were sent from Praisely Park to Radio Stations, DJ's, etc? Are they valuable or rare? I would be interested to know.

jaimestarr79 said:

Astasheiks said:

Something like 1999 or The Black Album on Vinyl...hee hee?

And when did the record companies stop making vinyl albums?

Does anybody know the value of old prince vinyl albums that are stamped " Promo not for Sale" that were sent from Praisely Park to Radio Stations, DJ's, etc? Are they valuable or rare? I would be interested to know.

i am also curious to know about how much those are worth, i started looking for prince vinyls after getting a turntable i found in my basement going and in a local record shop i found SOTT, Lovesexy and Parade with the promo stamp on it. I also found a ton of singles like the scandolous sex suite, i wish u heaven, mountains, anotherlover, lets pretend were married...sooo it was a great christmas

jaimestarr79 said:

Astasheiks said:

Something like 1999 or The Black Album on Vinyl...hee hee?

And when did the record companies stop making vinyl albums?

Does anybody know the value of old prince vinyl albums that are stamped " Promo not for Sale" that were sent from Praisely Park to Radio Stations, DJ's, etc? Are they valuable or rare? I would be interested to know.

It all depends on what the album is, older albums will be worth more. It also depends on how wmany were made, some promo albums are pressed in their thousands. And then there is condition to take into account, a promo album that has been played 100 times and used as a frisbee is not going to worth a penny.

Nothing is set in stone regarding prices. Something is only worth what someone is willing to pay for it.

Gold stamp promos in record collecting in general are not worth any more than the stock copies because that is all they are, stock copies with a stamp. The only way they would be worth more is if there was an extra song on them or some kind of difference like being mono instead of stereo.

djdaffy1227 said:

Gold stamp promos in record collecting in general are not worth any more than the stock copies because that is all they are, stock copies with a stamp. The only way they would be worth more is if there was an extra song on them or some kind of difference like being mono instead of stereo.

Or maybe a different colour vinyl?

Exactly

TheDigitalGardener said:

djdaffy1227 said:

Gold stamp promos in record collecting in general are not worth any more than the stock copies because that is all they are, stock copies with a stamp. The only way they would be worth more is if there was an extra song on them or some kind of difference like being mono instead of stereo.

Or maybe a different colour vinyl?

Ehm... I own a purple copy of the Purple Rain album from back in the day, is that something special? I really can't tell.

I'd say that purple copy of Purple Rain is worth about $20 to $25

jonylawson said:

bboy87 said:

It depends. Rare pressings, picture discs, unopened and mint condition copies are always valuable

an official vinyl copy of The Black Album is worth a piece of change. I've seen it go for $50 and up

Purple Rain or 1999...not so much, every record store I've gone to has copies of Purple Rain. I'm talking STACKS.

you are refering to the reissue in 95...............

do your homework before answering

Meow

jonylawson said:

bboy87 said:

It depends. Rare pressings, picture discs, unopened and mint condition copies are always valuable

an official vinyl copy of The Black Album is worth a piece of change. I've seen it go for $50 and up

Purple Rain or 1999...not so much, every record store I've gone to has copies of Purple Rain. I'm talking STACKS.

you are refering to the reissue in 95...............

do your homework before answering

Meow

I bought Exodus on vinyl a while back but gave it away as a birthday present! That was back in 2000.

djdaffy1227 said:

I'd say that purple copy of Purple Rain is worth about $20 to $25

Hahaha, really? well I planned to hang on to it anyway

I'll keep mine too:

[img:$uid]http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u257/djdaffy1227/PurplerainLPpurplevinyl.jpg[/img:$uid]

TheDigitalGardener said:

^^ A lot of bootlegs DO look really official.